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cheek.
                  “Sabrina, What have you done?” Tim murmured in a tear-choked voice.
                  Liam walked to a set of drawers nearby and began to open and close them until he found what he was looking for. Returning to Sabrina's bed he held a scalpel in hand. Tim seeing the scalpel gave him a questioning look.
                  “Tim, I don't know if I can do anything but I will try,” Liam said.
                  Tim, at first, looked confused but then sudden comprehension dawned across his face and he nodded. After he was sure Tim understood, Liam leaned forward and made a deep incision near Sabrina's temple then proceed to make another incision in his left palm. Placing his palm to Sabrina's head he closed his eyes and pulled in on himself. Slowly he focused upon maneuvering his nanites through the open wound into Sabrina's head. Tediously he examined Sabrina's brain as his own nanites worked their way throughout her brain. Liam could not find anything obviously wrong yet something didn't seem right to him. Seeing that none of the brain tissue showed any signs of damage he moved out of the brain and began to spread throughout her body. Moving slowly he searched for what had caused Sabrina to suffer such a fate. He continued to find no obvious damage as he searched yet that nagging feeling he was missing something obvious continued to gnaw at him. He didn't know how much time had passed; it could have been minutes or hours yet Liam couldn't say as he labored to find the answer. It wasn't until he began his third pass through Sabrina's body did it finally hit him. None of Sabrina's nanites were completely active; it was as if they were set in standby mode. They pulsed with a faint glimmer of life but otherwise they did nothing. Further investigation revealed a large group of nanites were clustered around her cerebral cortex, which were interfering with brain activity, effectively shutting her down. Slowly Liam moved his nanites into place around the cluster. When the last of his nanites were in position he focused an electrical surge from his own nanites into the cluster. Nothing happened. Focusing again he intensified the electrical surge but this time overlaid a new set of parameters in the nanites programming to accelerate the process. This time there was a reaction as the cluster came to life, a flurry of activity. The newly activated nanites spread quickly, linking up with the remaining inactive nanites to in turn activate them. In a matter of minutes all of Sabrina's nanites came on-line and finished the integration process.
                  Liam withdrew his nanites through the open wound back into his own body, sat back, and waited. Tim looked from Sabrina to Liam and back again before he spoke.
                  “Liam, are you okay? You have been at it for hours. Were you able to do anything? Is she going to be okay?” Tim asked in an anxious tone.
                  Liam didn't say anything but continued to watch Sabina. Tim moved from his position by the door where he had been watching in case Henry returned. Just as he reached Sabrina's bedside the monitors came to life. Brain activity spiked suddenly as her eyes shot opened. Liam calmly reached over and hit the call button that would bring the medical personnel.
                  Sabrina blinked a few times then began to look around, confusion on her face. Her eyes saw Liam first then she must have felt another presence as she turned her head to lock eyes with Tim.
                  “Dad?” she asked cautiously.
                  Tim carefully reached out and brushed a lock of hair out of her eyes. A tear slowly ran down his cheek.
                  “Oh Sabrina, I thought I had lost you,” Tim said in a choked voice, tears beginning to flow freely now.
                  Sabrina's face softened now as tears welled